{"id":743339,"date":"2026-06-17T19:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/743339\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T19:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:15:11","slug":"tigers-place-gleyber-torres-on-il-activate-casey-mize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/743339\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Place Gleyber Torres On IL, Activate Casey Mize"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tigers announced Wednesday that second baseman Gleyber Torres<\/a> is headed back to the 10-day injured list. He\u2019s once again dealing with a left oblique strain \u2014 the same injury that kept him out of action from May 4 through June 2. Right-hander Casey Mize<\/a> has been reinstated from the injured list in a corresponding move. He\u2019ll start today\u2019s game for Detroit.<\/p>\n

Torres\u2019 injury (or re-injury) is a tough blow for a Tigers team that\u2019s finally been clicking of late \u2014 in no small part due to the play of its second baseman. Torres was healthy for 11 games between IL stints and batted .341\/.413\/.585 with two homers and four doubles in 46 plate appearances during that stretch. He\u2019s been a prominent factor in the Tigers\u2019 8-5 record so far this month \u2014 already more games than they won in an unfathomably bad month of May that saw them flop with a 6-22 record.<\/p>\n

Overall, Torres has taken 190 plate appearances in 2026 and logged a hearty .280\/.395\/.395 batting line (126 wRC+) with nearly as many walks (15.3%) as strikeouts (17.4%). He\u2019s played a fine second base as well, drawing a positive mark from Defensive Runs Saved (6), while Statcast\u2019s Outs Above Average credits him as a scratch defender.<\/p>\n

The Tigers haven\u2019t yet put a timetable on Torres\u2019 expected absence. Every injury is different, but Torres\u2019 roughly monthlong absence from his last oblique strain is pretty well in line with precedent for Grade 1 oblique strains. If this aggravation has produced a more significant strain, he could be out longer. Manager A.J. Hinch will presumably have more details when he meets with the Tigers beat today.<\/p>\n

With Torres down again, the Tigers will go back to a combination of Zach McKinstry<\/a> and Hao-Yu Lee<\/a> at second base. Colt Keith<\/a> can join that mix as well, though he\u2019s yet to log an inning at the position this season. Detroit has used him exclusively at the infield corners and at designated hitter.<\/p>\n

Though they\u2019re losing an important member of the lineup, the Tigers are also getting a key member of the pitching staff back. There had been talk of Mize returning Sunday, but that game was rained out and no transaction was made. They went with a bullpen game Monday, kept Framber Valdez<\/a> on regular rest for Tuesday, and will now hand the ball over to Mize on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Mize, 29, has been excellent in nine starts this season. He\u2019s tossed 47 2\/3 innings and registered a shiny 2.27 ERA with a career-best 26.5% strikeout rate and a 6.5% walk rate that\u2019s an exact match with his career mark. Mize, the No. 1 overall draft pick back in 2018, had a pedestrian return from Tommy John surgery in 2024 but now carries a 3.48 ERA 23.2% strikeout rate, 5.9% walk rate and 38% ground-ball rate in 196 2\/3 innings dating back to Opening Day 2025.<\/p>\n

The Tigers will plug Mize back into the rotation alongside ace Tarik Skubal<\/a> (who just returned Saturday from his own IL stint), Valdez and young righty Troy Melton<\/a>. Detroit placed Jack Flaherty<\/a> on the injured list over the weekend and has opted to move righty Keider Montero<\/a> to the bullpen for at least the time being. Justin Verlander<\/a> is expected back this weekend and will claim the remaining rotation spot.<\/p>\n

Both Torres and Mize are free agents at season\u2019s end. As such, they\u2019re both at least theoretical trade candidates for a Tigers club that has fallen well shy of expectations. That calamitous May performance has Detroit nine games back in the American League Central, but the lackluster performance of the American League as a whole means they\u2019re still only six games out in the Wild Card chase \u2014 despite being 13 games under .500.<\/p>\n

If the trade deadline were a week out, the Tigers would be surefire sellers. Instead, they\u2019ve got seven weeks to try to put that May catastrophe behind them and build on their recently improved play. It\u2019ll take a stretch reminiscent of their Cinderella finish in 2024 to catapult them back into the playoff picture in such a short period, but they\u2019ll very likely take the next six or so weeks to try to do just that before considering the sell route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tigers announced Wednesday that second baseman Gleyber Torres is headed back to the 10-day injured list. He\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,64322,93099,462,82],"class_list":["post-743339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-casey-mize","tag-gleyber-torres","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}